The Freeman's Third Reader

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1866 Excerpt: ... we offer him to that which he offers us. Honesty requires that the exchange be free and fair. 6. Suppose this exchange to be of labor with capital. The man who gives his labor does it because he prefers the wages he gets for it to being idle and destitute. The man who gives his capital does it because he feels that the labor he gets for it is more useful to him than to keep his capital. Labor and capital, thus mutually dependent, are, and should be, friends. 7. There is, however, an old proverb, that," When two ride on one horse, one must ride behind." Capital and labor must, doubtless, journey together till the end of time. Before their mutual dependence was well understood, they kept separate, and pulled different ways. Even now they sometimes quarrel bitterly, instead of advancing their mutual interests by " the long pull, the strong pull, and the pull all together." What three conditions are necessary to the support and comfort of human life? Give the example of the bee. Why must not labor be limited1 Give the illustration. Define the meaning of exchange. What are mutually dependent? Should capital and labor be friends? Must they journey together? Do they sometimes quarrel? LESSON LXXI. health pov-er-ty per-pet-u-al pun-ish-ment death a-pos-tle ex-pe-ri-ence arch-an-gel snatch proph-et de-scrip-tion in-cor-rup-ti-ble HEAVEN. AS there is a place of punishment for the wicked, so there is a heaven of glory for all who come to Jesus. God, in his great love to sinners, sent his Son, not only to deliver them from hell, but to make them happy and glorious with him for ever. When a believer dies, though his body decays, his soul is at once'with Jesus, which is " far better." 2. How delightful is the description the Bible gives of ...